1994 Jeep Cherokee

I bought this XJ in 2005 to be my go anywhere, do anything adventure rig and it has served me well. Unfortunately, with an expanding family, it’s time for it to go. The Jeep has been garaged ever since I bought it. I purchased it from a guy in Georgia who was basically flipping it. The owner before him did many of the mods and lived in Virginia (I think) so it used to reside in a bit of a rustier area. Many of the mods were already done to the XJ when I got it, but I further modified it and improved on it over the years.

As a whole the Jeep works well and looks sharp even after years of trail use. And because I have wheeled it, it is fully dialed in and ready to go. You don’t have to worry about the driveshaft hitting a control arm, a control arm hitting the body, the tires tearing off the flares, etc. I have wheeled this XJ hard, but I never beat on my rig. I’ve never broken a u-joint, an axle shaft, or anything like that, even running harder trails. I always crawl over the obstacle staying off the gas pedal as much as possible.

It has a few small rust spots: one small one on the roof, one in the driver’s side rear corner underneath near the fuel fill up, and another one above the frame side mount of the passenger leaf spring. But you can see from the pictures, that there is no large rust problem. The head liner is sagging. A rock bit off a chunk of the driver’s side rear flare. It has some high speed drive line vibrations (from the rear, as the front doesn’t spin because of the Warn hubs). The engine is a bit tired, it burns some oil between oil changes. The engine runs hot sometimes (it’s a Cherokee), especially climbing grades out here in Colorado. I have the stock electrical fan run to a switch in the cab so that I can flip it on whenever. If the efan is running the temp will stay in check. The speedometer is not correct, it’s 10% higher than it should be and this also throws off the mileage, so actual mileage isn’t known. It currently sits at 202,500 miles. I’ve had it since 158,000 and it has been off that 10% the whole time I’ve owned it.

Even with its issues, I would consider it a reliable vehicle. It always fires right up and runs great. Last September I drove it to Moab (400+ miles) wheeled it and drove home without a problem. If you want a rig that’s ready to hit the trails, this is it. Below is a full list of all the mods and goodies:

Suspension

•5”-6” of lift

•Rusty’s coil springs

•BDS Long Arms

•Rock Krawler Track bar & bracket

•Big Offroad 4” Leaf springs (Alcan) with JKS shackles – these are great, heavy duty leaf springs that also flex well, full anti-friction liner has been placed between all of the leaves

•JKS sway bar quicker disconnects up front

•Rear sway bar has been removed

•Bilstein 5100 shocks up front, Ranchos in the rear

Steering

•Iron Rock Offroad Heavy Duty 5/8 OTK steering

•Heavy Duty Steering gear from a 99 Dodge Durango

•C-Rok Engineering Inside Frame Plate kit

•Replaced the steering intermediate shaft with one that wasn’t worn out

Tires and Wheels

•American Racing AR767 Black D Window wheels – 15x8

•Goodyear Wrangler DuraTracs 33x12.50, less than 5,000 miles (purchased 5/2014)